David Alman
@davidalman.bsky.social
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Airman + consultant + aero engineer interested in national strategy, domestic policy, environmentalism, good food, and all things aviation. Views = mine alone and not representative of anyone I work for. #airpower
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davidalman.bsky.social
It’ll pump up like 10% right after I buy some puts
davidalman.bsky.social
Yeah there is enough grey area here that I think this is the correct coa.

House / Senate leadership: “we want to be clear, there is no legal authorization for the use of force - as such, this equates to murder. We are calling in all COCOM leaders to inform them that they too will be held liable.”
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davidalman.bsky.social
So little rust on the right, just like John Paul Jones wanted it to be
davidalman.bsky.social
Is there a good essay or article explaining these arguments? (Sorry, layman here!)
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katz.theracket.news
Did not know this about Old Bay
The origins of the company can be traced back to Wertheim, Germany, where Brunn started a wholesale spice and seasoning business selling to food industries, seeing an opportunity as spices were in especially short supply amidst hyperinflation in the aftermath of World War I. 9] Due to rising antisemitism as the Nazi Party rose to power, the company moved to Frankfurt, Germany; 1°1 however, on the night of November 9, 1938, a massive pogrom against Jews, known as Kristallnacht, led to Brunn being arrested by Nazi soldiers and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp. "
According to Brunn's son, Gustav's wife paid a large sum of money to a lawyer for him to be released; as they had already applied for and received American visas, they were able to escape with their two children to New York City and later Baltimore, Maryland, where Brunn had family.!'! There, having brought with him only a small spice grinder, 8! Brunn founded the Baltimore Spice Company and produced the
"Delicious Brand Shrimp and Crab Seasoning", which was later renamed Old Bay. 12[13]
davidalman.bsky.social
Which one is this? Looks like GMT something…..
davidalman.bsky.social
The only thing that would make SV better would be removing the influence money has on politics.

Almost like we should tax billionaires more.
brasidas.bsky.social
Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.
davidalman.bsky.social
Psychopath behavior

Recipe for terrible dates and divorces, unless two awful people find each other
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pensandlighters.bsky.social
“Goldman Sachs is advising its investors that Subway on Fashion Ave is now hiring, a possible sign of an economic rebound.”
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navmecheng.bsky.social
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.
davidalman.bsky.social
Look it’s not our fault we’re better at playing the game than everyone else…..
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asherelbein.bsky.social
The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.
davidalman.bsky.social
AI significant others hate this one task
davidalman.bsky.social
We have met the enemy and he is us
davidalman.bsky.social
Worth every penny for good bed and good sheets
davidalman.bsky.social
Yeah just difficult to think through it all ex ante, and there is the additional difficulty of needing to get people to update their priors that were based on your original analysis

We should still try, but such a wicked problem
davidalman.bsky.social
Better to study it than not, because there may be things that they actually *won’t do* regardless, but probably a bit of analysis that demands constant updating?
davidalman.bsky.social
Unfortunately I don’t think it’s truly a tractable problem? The passion / violence invoked by war kind of negates the prewar thinking to a large degree?

“Will the Americans risk half their carrier force in April of 1942 for a propaganda raid?”
davidalman.bsky.social
Michael Howard would appreciate this whole line of thinking.

“It makes military sense to abandon Paris and withdraw behind the Seine” in 1870

“Yeah cool but that’s not an option for them”
davidalman.bsky.social
That perma free breakfast is the dream